The practice or function of a haruspex; divination by inspection of the entrails of victims.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by entrails, haruspicy > [noun] (18) haruspicy1569 The practice or function of a haruspex; divination by inspection of the entrails of victims. bowel-gazing1587 ventriloquy1623 (See quot. 1623) Obsolete. rare. paunch-poring1656 prophesying by inspecting the entrails of sacrificed animals. extispicy1681 Inspection of the entrails of sacrificial victims for the purpose of divination; haruspicy. extispicine1693 = extispicy, n. haruspiciny1693 = haruspicy, n. enteroscopy1726 Inspection of entrails as a method of divination; haruspicy, extispicy. haruspication1871 Divination by inspection of the entrails of animals. Subcategories:— one who practises (5) — pretended divination by the entrails of people (2) — by animal's liver (1) — entrails so used (1) |
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